I am really trying to keep in touch..... Honest!

Hi-
I am not starting out very well in keeping up with this blog. I am setting an early new years resolution to post at least once a week. Since this blog is both my family and scrap blog lets just get caught up.

Isabella is very excited to meet her new baby sister. She has helped us get the crib ready and even picked out a special toy for Elisia Rose. I am so grateful and proud of the person she is. It is challenging at times because she is so smart and I forget she is only 3 1/2 yr old. She is starting to spell out small words and even write a few. It is amazing to see her grow up right in front of me. This is a scrap page I did of her concerning her new big girl bed.

THis page was done with the A Little Bit of This page kit by OMAAT.

Sophia is getting so big, finally! She loves to dance around the house with Bella. I think she is actually more coordinated than her big sis. LOL! I really don't think she has any clue how much life will change next week, I feel so guilty about that. We have tried to explain the whole "baby is in Mommy's belly" but she just giggles and says Belly. She thinks my belly button or lack there of at this point is very funny. She gets cuter everyday and although she doesn't talk much, don't let her fool you, she knows exactly what is going on. This page is of the girls at the Pumpkin Patch this year. I love coordinating outfits! Thank goodness for Gymbucks!

This page was done with the Autumn Harvest kit by Christy Skaggs.

Elisia Rose, what can I say about her. I am so excited to meet her and hold her. I was feeling well up until the day after Thanksgiving and then it really hit the fan. I am uncomfortable, tired, and so swollen that I no longer recognize the lower half of my body. Not that I can actually see it but people tell me. I am trying to just live in the moment of being pregnant, as this will 99% be the last time. Thank goodness for Tylenol. I am scheduled for a c section on Monday December 8th at around noon. I am taking my laptop to the hospital but I will not have internet access, I am already having withdrawls. If everything goes well, we should be home on Wed or Thurs and I plan to post again next Friday. Here is the one and only page I have for Baby Lyse so far:

THis page was done with Art & Soul by Silly Beans Scraps.

Well I guess that is all for now. I hope to hear from you so leave me a comment if you can. TTYL

The Hummingbird

Hello everyone!
It was a very long weekend here, but a pretty good one. The girls had fun trick or treating at Town Square. Sophia was a little show stopper as Tink. She is still so little, yet can do all of the normal 15 month old stuff, so people are usually amazed at her walking and talking. IsaBella wanted to do Karaoke there, but they did not have any more open spots. She was not happy and that pretty much ended the night for us. All in all a very nice Halloween and the weather was beautiful. IsaBella says she wants all of us to dress up next year. UH OH!!!

Saturday was National Digital Scrapbooking Day and boy was it fun over at GDS. I won lots of prizes and coupons and nearly doubled my supplies with all of the shopping I did. SHHH!!! One of the contests was to be as creative as possible for a chance to be Queen of DSD. I took the opportunity to scrap a page about Sophia's birth. It is very hard to even look at all of the pics with all of her tubes and hoses. So with a little help from my digi friends I decided to create a page that told the story of how our Grandma named her our little hummingbird, because her breathing and heart rate were fast like the hummingbirds wings. I cry every time I read the journaling and I hope you all enjoy it. I am very proud of it. I have attempted to add the page to this post, hopefully I did it right the first time. If not I'll keep working on it.

I guess that is all for now. I will try to post again soon with pics from Halloween.

Cat

Today has been one of the most difficult days as a SAHM I have ever had. Truely, there were times I wanted to cry. Since it is almost over (fingers crossed) I think I can let this out. I guess that is what a blog is for right. To be able to vent your frustrations as well as your achievements. Anyways, I am off to the kitchen then the computer heaven I like to call Photoshop to lose myself for at least 2-3 hours. Thanks for listening.
Catalina

Hello Blogging World. This is obviously my first post, so go easy on me. I have been wanting to do this for a while but didn't know even where to begin. Then my new digi buddy, Fonnetta pointed me in the right direction. So huge thanks and hugs to her for sharing.
This blog is for my girls, family, life and to share my LOVE (or addiction) for digital scrapbooking. Seriously, I don't know why everyone doesnt do this. Well I have to run now but I will be back later to catch everyone up on the girls and life here in our little household.
Love you all
Catalina